Friday 6 July 2018

Wimbledon Day 4 - Muguruza + Cilic removed

Day Four of Wimbledon 2018 will be remembered for the demise of last years ladies champion and last years men’s finalist.  


Garbiñe Muguruza (3) lost her chance for back to back titles, after leading by a set and a break against Alison Van Uytvanck from Belgium.

Van Uytvanck won 12 of the last 14 games in an extraordinary turn of events to win 5-7 6-2 6-1.

Now there are only two of the top eight seeds left in the tournament - Simona Halep (1) and Karolina Pliskova (7).

Van Uytvanck plays Anett Kontaveit (28) in the third round

Kontaveit defeated Jennifer Brady 6-2 7-6(4)


Other ladies second round matches:

Simona Halep (1) defeated Saisai Zheng 7-5 6-0

She will play Su-Wei Hsieh in the third round

Su-Wei Hsieh defeated Lara Arruabarrena 6-3 6-3

Dominika Cibulková defeated Johanna Konta (22), last years semi finalist, 6-3 6-4

She will play Elise Mertens in the third round 

Elise Mertens (15) defeated Sachia Vickery 6-1 6-3

Jelena Ostapenko (12) defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-1 6-3

She will play Vitalia Diatchenko in the third round 

Vitalia Diatchenko defeated Sofia Kenin 6-4 6-1

Dasha Gavrilova (26) defeated Samantha Stosur 6-4 6-1

She will play Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the third round 

Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Taylor Townsend 6-0 6-4


Ash Barty (17) defeated Eugenie Bouchard 6-4 7-5

She will play Daria Kasatkina in the third round 

Daria Kasatkina (14) defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-2 6-3

Angie Kerber (11) defeated Claire Liu 3-6 6-2 6-4, after surrendering the opening set to the American

She will play Naomi Osaka in the third round 

Naomi Osaka (18) defeated Katie Boulter 6-3 6-4

Carla Suárez Navarro (27) defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4 6-1

She will play Belinda Bencic in the third round 

Belinda Bencic defeated Alison Riske 1-6 7-6(10) 6-2


Last years runner up, and the recent winner at Queens Club, Marin Cilic (3), led Guido Pella by two sets to none when play was suspended on Day Three.

Upon resumption of the match, Pella won the remaining three sets to win the  battle 3-6 1-6 6-4 7-6(3) 7-5.

Pella will play Mackenzie McDonald in the third round 

Other men’s second round matches:

Rafa Nadal (2) defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 6-3 6-4

He will play Alex de Minaur in the third round 

Alex de Minaur defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2 6-7(8) 7-5 6-3

Kyle Edmund (21) defeated Bradley Klahn 6-4 7-6(0) 6-2

He will play Novak Djokovic in the third round 

Novak Djokovic (12) defeated Horacio Zeballos 6-1 6-2 6-3

Juan Martin del Potro (5) defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-4 6-1 6-2

He will play Benoît Paire in the third round 

Benoit Paire defeated Denis Shapovalov (26) 0-6 6-2 6-4 7-6(3)

Kevin Anderson (8) defeated Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4

He will play Philipp Kohlschreiber in the third round 

Philipp Kohlschreiber (25) defeated Gilles Müller 7-6(6) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)

Kei Nishikori (24) defeated Bernard Tomic 2-6 6-3 7-6(7) 7-5

He will play Nick Kyrgios in the third round

Nick Kyrgios (15) defeated Robin Haase 6-3 6-4 7-5

Thomas Fabbiano defeated Stan Wawrinka 7-6(7) 6-3 7-6(6)

He will play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round 

Stefanos Tsitsipas (31) defeated Jared Donaldson 6-3 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3


John Isner (9) defeated Ruben Bemelmans 6-1 6-4 6-7(6) 6-7(3) 7-5

He will play Radu Albot in the third round 

Radu Albot defeated Aljaz Bedene 6-2 4-6 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3

Earnests Gulbis defeated Damir Dzumhur (27) 2-6 6-4 6-3 1-6 6-3

He will play the winner of Taylor Fritz and Sascha Zverev (4)

Karen Khachanov defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-7(4) 7-5

He will play Frances Tiafoe in the third round 

Frances Tiafoe defeated Julien Benneteau 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2

Fabio Fognini (19) defeated Simone Bolelli 6-3 6-4 6-1

He will play Jiri Vesely in the third round 

Jiri Vesely defeated Diego Schwartzman (14) 6-3 6-4 7-6(3)

Matthew Ebden defeated Stephane Robert 6-3 7-6(5) 4-6 6-1

He will play Gilles Simon in the third round 

Gilles Simon defeated Matteo Berrettini 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2

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